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I wonder if this is for the rewrite or the first version. I read the first version and thought the first half was good and that the second half felt clunky. To
by AnotherGoodName 6mo ago
I wonder if this is for the rewrite or the first version.
I read the first version and thought the first half was good and that the second half felt clunky. To the point where i don’t recommend it to anyone (not a huge negative, there’s just better books out there).
- threethirtytwo 6mo agoI had the opposite reaction. The second half was garbage, but the first half was so good and original I'd recommend it just for that.
- thinkingtoilet 6mo agoThe first few chapters of that book are some of the coolest I've ever read. I agree it really drops off in the second half, but would still recommend it to people.
- Insanity 6mo agoSame! I just finished the book a few days ago. The first half is really good, a cool premise and interesting story. The second half just got a bit too weird for me and by the final chapter I was happy it was finished lol.
- k__ 6mo agoI liked piecing the story together in the SCP wiki. Later I read the first version of the book and it was okay, but the vibes were a bit lost. The new version of the book I didn't even finish.
- yellottyellott 6mo ago> the first half was good and that the second half felt clunky > The second half was garbage, but the first half was so good so you had the same reaction?
- cwillu 6mo ago> To the point where i don’t recommend it to anyone > but the first half was so good and original I'd recommend it just for that Attension span so short you couldn't even make it to the second half of the sentence before dismissing it
- moss_dog 6mo agoI think this comment is unnecessarily harsh. To anyone confused (like me), the commenters above had opposite recommendations despite having similar opinions of the book.
- cwillu 6mo agoThey were being snarky about a comment when they literally didn't read the entire sentences they were being snarky about. No, I don't think I was unnecessarily harsh.
- yellottyellott 6mo agofair enough, i guess my brain got stuck on reconciling the first thing that i whiffed on the differing recommendations lol
- joemi 6mo agoI had the same issue. I figured it out before I'd have commented similarly, but I completely understand where the confusion came from and I don't attribute it to your reading skills.
- awestroke 6mo agoThe rewrite is excellent
- chroma 6mo agoThe author’s other stories like Ra and Fine Structure have the same issue, in my opinion. He has interesting ideas, but cannot seem to write an ending.
- Philpax 6mo agoIt seems to be for the first version, judging by the use of the original names, which is odd because the review's from this year. The rewrite definitely improves on the ending and its delivery, but it's still largely the same plot, so it may not address all of your issues.
- mentalpagefault 6mo agoThis review appears to be of the first version despite the recent date. (The rewrite filed the serial numbers off the SCP references and changed character names both for copyright reasons and to provide a degree of separation from the original.) I read both versions and agree that the second half of the first version was very abstract and difficult to follow. While I would consider the first half of the new version more edited than rewritten, the second half got a significant overhaul which fixed almost all of my issues with it and made for (in my opinion) a much more satisfying ending. I would recommend giving the new version another chance, though those who read the first version may find the new character names distracting. (Most didn't bother me, but Marion Wheeler -> Marie Quinn never felt quite right.)
- FabHK 6mo agoThe article says: "And at the top of the food chain sits SCP-3125 (renamed in the published edition, but the designation is so perfect I am using it anyway) ..."